Wednesday, May 05, 2010

No More Mister Nice Blog and the War on Murdoch-ism

Leftist blogger No More Mister Nice Blog has a current offering entitled "Oh, Now It's OK To Blame Terrorism on U.S. Actions?" What provoked him? A New York Post article stating that the Times Square bomber claimed to be retaliating for drone attacks against the Taliban in Pakistan. According to the Post:
Admitted terrorist Faisal Shahzad ... said he was driven to evil by the slew of deaths among leaders of the terror group, law-enforcement sources revealed yesterday....
Quoth NMMNB:
Wait -- "driven to evil" by American deeds? Hasn't it always been an ironclad rule in Murdoch Land that nothing we do can be the reason for anything terrorists do? Isn't any statement that asserts or implies anything to that effect an example of a "blame-America-first" mentality?

Shouldn't the Post be denouncing this attempt by Shahzad to fob blame off on brave, freedom-loving America, which seeks nothing but peace and righteousness and good for all the innocent people of the world?
One thing you have to say about NMMNB is that he's a lively writer. His "gotcha" point seems a little forced to me, however. The "blame America first" explanation for Shajzad's actions goes something like this: Muslims are born free but everywhere they are under occupation. Time Square bomber Faisal Shahzad proves once again that the true cause of terrorism is U.S. (or British) foreign policy. No longer able to stand his righteous indignation after his life unraveled, Faisal snapped . . . I may be just a dumb wingnut, but I don't think anyone worth arguing against denies that successful attacks against a terrorist group might give their subsequent operations a certain revenge-orientation. There is a difference between the motivation for this or that attack and how America got to be in the war to begin with. (h/t: Memorandum)

Crossposted on Soccer Dad

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